Were there laws passed about photographing federal buildings after 9-11?

[onecaliberal]

I seem to remember something.
The people on the “tour” were clearly on a recon mission.

[mopinko]

1. yes. you cant take pics of public infrastructure.

i remember someone in my hood getting ticketed for pics from a cta poatform.

[ruet]

3. False.

There is no expectation of privacy in a public place. I hope your friend fought the ticket but I would understand if they didn't

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. That is absolutely false.

There is a 2018 DHS memo put out to all federal building that the public can photograph outside and inside in publicly accessible areas.

[ruet]

2. No.

If you can see it you can take a picture of it. ...period.

[demtenjeep]

4. I have been on 3 tours of the capital-even rode the little train

with groups of 8th grade students.


WE had to CHECK our phones

[bottomofthehill]

12. You only had to check your phone when you went into the gallery

The buildings are open to the public. There were Covid restrictions in place but open for business.

[Rebl2]

5. I thought

the same thing after hearing about this. Especially federal buildings inside and out.

[alwaysinasnit]

6. When Obama was president, some of those restrictions eased. Prior to Obama, I could not

take any recording device, including phones, into federal buildings.

[OLDMDDEM]

7. I jusr read

If the building is open to the public, pictures can be taken. If the structure is not open to the public, pictures cannot be taken. Does covid count on this as the building was not open to the public during the pandemic.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Taking photographs and video of things plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE DETAINED FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS

Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right—and that includes transportation facilities, the outside of federal buildings, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties.

{snip}

[MarineCombatEngineer]

10. You can also record inside federal buildings as long as it's open to the public.

There is a 2018 DHS memo that addresses this.

There are numerous videos of 1A auditors going to different fed. buildings to educate the public on this.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. If you can see it from a publicly assessible area, then you can photograph it,

the eyes cannot trespass.

[msfiddlestix]

13. I feel like might have been an Executive Order or Homeland Security policy

that made it illegal to photograph Federal Bldgs just after 9/11

And I recall it was enforced for a time. People actually got charged and arrested for that violation, and the policy was exploited by police at various anti-war demos in San Francisco.

Don't know when that ended. The anti-war demonsrrrations ended a lot of years ago now.